South Devon Camping

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  • Relaxed and simple off-grid site a mile from South Milton Sands
  • A 10-minute drive to Salcombe or Hope Cove; 45 minutes to Plymouth
  • Spacious pitches with dogs welcome and firepits for hire
Simple pitches, a superb atmosphere and splendid views are the hallmarks of South Devon Camping, a relaxed off-grid campsite on a working farm in the South Hams area. The location of this site is a real winner – it’s the closest campsite to gorgeous South Milton Sands, so you can walk down there in about 15 minutes for days on the long stretch of soft sand, or stroll down for sunset. There are places to eat by the beach and elsewhere within walking distance too, and more over in Salcombe (10 minutes’ drive away). No doubt you’ll not be surprised to hear that loyal guests often return here year after year… Life on site is fairly straightforward, with a focus on the essentials rather than lots of fancy facilities. Grass pitches are spacious at 10 square metres each, and they have access to coin-operated hot showers, eco toilets, a washing-up area and communal fridge-freezers. Well-behaved dogs are welcome, as are firepits (which you can bring along or hire on site), but please do not bring disposable barbecues as these are not allowed on site. Free USB phone charging is available. As for days out nearby, they’re likely to revolve around the coast – stay here and you’ll be close to the South West Coast Path and all sorts of activities like kayaking, surfing and paddleboarding. Elsewhere, Dartmouth, Totnes and Plymouth are all options for alternative days out, or you could head inland towards Dartmoor National Park.

Site type

Tent sites 17
RV sites 17
Opens

Languages spoken

English

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Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Local produce Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Communal fridge Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Location

South Devon Camping

Lower Terawhiti Farm

South Milton

Salcombe

Devon

England

TQ7 3JT

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

50.26797°N
-3.84656°W

Nearest transport

Coach
14.4 km Town Hall
14.4 km BP Garage
21.5 km Opposite Royal Seven Stars Hotel
Rail
14.5 km Ivybridge Rail Station
21.8 km Totnes Rail Station
24.4 km Plymouth Rail Station
Ferry
2.1 km Bantham Ferry Landing
2.4 km Cockleridge Ham Ferry Landing
5.3 km Kingsbridge Ferry Landing

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

There’s no other place to start around here than South Milton Sands – it’s a stunning long sandy stretch with rockpools at low tide and plenty to keep you busy including paddleboarding, kayaking and windsurfing. To see more of this spectacular coastline, take a stroll on the South West Coast Path or hop in the car for outings to Hope Cove or Bantham (both 10 minutes' drive). Other top spots around these parts include Salcombe (10 minutes), for watersports, gin tours and Overbeck’s Garden, and Bigbury-on-Sea (25 minutes), from where you can take a ride on a sea tractor out to historic Burgh Island, a former haunt of Agatha Christie. Straying away from the immediate area for a while, you could take a trip to Plymouth (45 minutes) to visit the National Marine Aquarium and The Box interactive museum, or take the kids to meet all sorts of exotic animals at Dartmoor Zoo (40 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Thurlestone North 1.2 km Sea N/AExcellentGoodExcellent
Thurlestone South 1.2 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Bantham 2.6 km Estuary N/AExcellentGoodGood
Hope Cove 2.9 km Sea N/AExcellentGoodGood
Bigbury-On-Sea South 3.8 km Estuary N/AExcellentGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Dartmoor Zoological Park 18.9 km

National Marine Aquarium 23 km

Buckfast Abbey 25.5 km

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park 25.7 km

Living Coasts 31.2 km

National Trust

Overbeck's 6.8 km

Wembury 17.6 km

Salcombe: Thurlestone to Torcross 20.9 km

Saltram 20.9 km

Greenway 22.5 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Ringmore Round 4.7 km

Ringmore - Kingston - Erme Estuary - Ayrmer Cove 4.7 km

Salcombe North Sands CP - Combe - Rew - Soar 6.3 km

OVERBECKS (SHARPITOR) 6.8 km

Erme Estuary 8.8 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Amazing views and lovely hosts.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anouska H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Beautiful site with the most amazing views. Close to the beach. We come every year and love it. The kids enjoy seeing the farm animals. The hosts are amazing, friendly and do everything to make your stay the best.

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Simple camping, eco environment, close to nature, farm, sea and wildlife. Not…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Adam F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Simple camping, eco environment, close to nature, farm, sea and wildlife.
Not crowded, wonderful location - proper camping

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Great site close to an amazing beach and the Rick Box

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Annette S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: The location and relaxed campsite vibe

Disliked: Can’t think of anything

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Beautiful location, stunning views, great pitch sizes and space to play, kick…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Beautiful location, stunning views, great pitch sizes and space to play, kick a football or throw a frisbee. Easy access to the beach, a few minutes by car, and dog friendly.

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Beautiful site

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Nicola B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Loved the whole 24 hours of a 6 day holiday but sadly cut short as the weather was shocking!! Stayed in the car with hubby and 2children second night as the storm collapsed our shelter and soaked our tent. Didn’t know rain came upwards and sideways hahah. Beautiful site though and can’t wait to come back and try it again. Depending on weather that is lol many thanks Nicola buckland xx stayed 31/7/23

Disliked: Weather

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From the manager: Hi Nicola ! Thank you for writing such a lovely review which means even more given that you had such a terrible time with the storm that came in. I'm so sorry that your holiday was cut short so soon into your stay. I'm so pleased though that you are determined to come back at some point and have a holiday with us when the sun is shining. I hope you've managed to dry out now. Hopefully the sun will come out in August and you can enjoy the rest of the summer. Best wishes Anita

Just really didn’t think it was worth £25 for the facilities

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 4
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Becky S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: The view of sheep and chickens, space in between pitches so very private.

Disliked: Cost £25 a night, had to pay £1 for an outside shower, had to bring own loo roll to the toilets. There’s two sites and we were on the one without any hot water to wash pots (you had to lay 20p anyways) Compostable toilets claimed they were trying to be ‘environmental’ but you need special toilet paper for that, but we had to bring our own (owns is compostable but many peoples won’t be). There was no small bin in the toilets for sanitary products, only these little bags and people were just putting them in the ‘compostable’ part, obviously these will not compost. The chemical waste disposal was again just the same heap as where the other toilet waste went, which people with chemical toilets (ours isn’t) would put in there harming our planet. Not to mention the outdoor showers, even though they were hot, all the water went onto the ground, for people not using eco friendly body wash and shampoo etc this would all go straight into the ground which again is harmful to the planet.

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From the manager: Hi Becky. Thank you for your reivew! Many of the points you raise are actually known to you at the point of booking. It is clearly stated on our advertising that we are a basic rustic temporary site and we do have to return to our agricultural roots at the end of the season. You knew that our charges were £25 per night from the advert on Pitchup.com and you also knew what facilities we have. At the point of booking, you received a lengthy email from ourselves which clearly states everything you need to know about South Devon Camping. We explain to you all about our facilities, our loos, how they work and we even explain to you why we have to charge for using the showers (which are 20p a minute, £1 gives you a 5 minute hot shower). A charge is made for the use of the hot showers because it is deemed the fairest way of charging whereby you pay for what you use. The alternative is to increase the price of the pitch per night, but as not everyone wishes to shower, this keeps the price down per night for everyone. Our facilities do require maintenance, annual safety checks/certificates and of course the daily running costs, therefore a charge has to be made somewhere for this. Everything is known to you before you arrive including that you need to bring your own loo rolls. There is no hot water in Garden Field. Our literature clearly states that. Unfortunately hot water requires electricity and there is no electric in Garden Field because we are a temporary site. You have the option to use the hot water in the main site (which is only 20p) although the majority of our guests are happy to use the cold water in Garden Field. You do not need to bring "special toilet paper" for our long drop composting loos (no where do we stipulate that). Normal loo paper is suffice and composts down perfectly well. Sanitary products are to be placed in the sanitary bags provided and placed in the bins onsite along with your other waste. There are notices in the loos requesting that sanitary products are not placed down the loos and generally our guests do abide by this. The chemical waste disposal was not "the same heap where the other toilet waste went". This is a separate disposal point and has no connection to the composting loos. You will be aware that chemicals cannot be placed down the composting loos otherwise this will kill all the bugs and worms that are busy composting down the organic matter. On a positive, you said that our showers were hot which is good ! I'm also pleased that you liked our animals and the spacious pitches. Other positives are you do get the use of communal fridges and freezers on site and there is also free USB phone charging. We are also only a fifteen minute walk from beaches and eateries. We have been welcoming campers to Terawhiti Farm for over sixty years and many return time after time. I hope you enjoy the rest of the summer and hopefully the sun will eventually shine for us all !

Beautiful, relaxed, eco camping close to the beach.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Daniel E. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: What a beautiful relaxed campsite. We loved everything about our stay here, the large pitch size and spectacular view over the valley fields from the front of our tent, the short walk to Thurlestone beach and really helpful directions from Anita to the village following the footpath.
The eco friendly long drop loos were genuinely pretty all set in their own little shed with a sink, little vase of flowers and bunting and were cleaned regularly. There was also excellent recycling area for food scraps for the chickens, glass bin, cardboard area and plastic bin area, we had very little other waste. The communal fridge/freezers were helpful along with the shared usb charging area.
Our 8 year old loved the football goals in the middle of the pitch and our 2 year old loved the animal pen with chickens, ducks and sheep.
It was lovely that all the pitches lined the outside of the field and were not crammed in. We honestly had the best time here and would love to come back again.
Thank you so much.

Disliked: There was nothing we didn’t like.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to write such a lovely review. So glad you had a good time despite the weather and hopefully you will visit us again one day. Enjoy the rest of the summer. Best wishes Anita

Lovely site with clean facilities, friendly staff & great for children

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Laura A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: We loved the location- 15 min walk (with children) down to the beach, short drive to other lovely beaches, and not far from Salcombe
Helpful owners- descriptive email with useful information the day before, help onsite when needed, regular cleaning of facilities
Lots of space- large pitches and huge field for children to run about, including goals for football which was a nice touch
Our children loved it even though we had quite a lot of rain! They especially loved visiting the chickens and sheep in the farm area next to the garden field.

Disliked: We disliked nothing about the campsite

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From the manager: Thank you for such a lovely review, it is much appreciated. Apologises about the awful weather. Hopefully you will return one day and be able to spend more time on the beach in the sunshine ! Best wishes Anita

So much info provided via email before our stay which came in…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: So much info provided via email before our stay which came in really useful. Campsite Setting is beautiful and the beaches near by are perfect for paddle boarding 👌

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Excellent site with clean facilities and superb location.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Amanda T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: We loved our bank holiday weekend stay, weather was perfect and the site has a very relaxed feel to it, with beaches just down the road. Showers and toilets were both cleaned twice daily and we had everything we needed. We saw deer on the other side of the pumpkin field and glow worms in the lane! Will definitely come back next summer!

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  • Does South Devon Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
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  • What attractions are near South Devon Camping? There’s no other place to start around here than South Milton Sands – it’s a stunning long sandy stretch with rockpools at low tide and plenty to keep you busy including paddleboarding, … Read more
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